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    ninth and tenth centuries. Centre of the village Mediterranean coast Château Volterra. Ramatuelle has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate...
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    (1523) Bacchus, Venus and Cupid (c. 1531) Elephant, Château de Fontainebleau (c. 1536) Diana, Château de Fontainebleau The Holy Family Portrait of a Young...
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    of Saint Florentin at the Château d'Amboise in 12 August 1519, the current location of his remains is unclear. Much of Château d'Amboise was damaged during...
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    moved the court to the fortified Château of Amboise. The Duke of Guise launched an attack into the woods around the château. His troops surprised the rebels...
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    Belisario Vinta (category People from Volterra)
    Belisario Vinta (13 October 1542, Volterra – 15 or 16 October 1613, Florence) was an Italian statesman, knight and diplomat who served the Grand Duchy...
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    (graphical) No longer inhabited; located in the present-day Golan Heights. Now Volterra, Italy. Roman citizenship was recognized to the rest of the Italians by...
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    Bolognese painter Annibale Carracci. Other rooms have frescoes by Daniele da Volterra and by other artists. For generations, the room with Herculean frescoes...
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  • with the equestrian statue of Louis XIII (on a bronze horse by Daniele da Volterra), erected on the Place Royale (now Place des Vosges) in 1639, now destroyed...
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    Concini was assassinated by the Marquis de Vitry, and Marie exiled to the Château de Blois. In the night of 21–22 February 1619, the 43-year-old Queen Mother...
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  • Anne de Montmorency at the Château de Chantilly, by Paul Dubois (1886) Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale in front of the Château de Chantilly, by Jean-Léon...
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    M. C. Escher (category People from Château-d'Œx)
    life, Escher traveled through Italy, visiting Florence, San Gimignano, Volterra, Siena, and Ravello. In the same year, he traveled through Spain, visiting...
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    but not least, the Château Gardens, the largest park in the city. Its upper gardens were constructed at the same time the château was built, starting...
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  • tortured, and finally hanged on 3 May 1478. Father Antonio Maffei da Volterra (1450 – 1478) (voiced and played by Shawn Baichoo) is a Florentine priest...
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    light and shadow, as in his Descent of Christ (1521, Pinacoteca Comunale, Volterra). Luca Cambiasso showed a great interest in nocturnal illumination, which...
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    centuries in Pisa and Lucca in Tuscany with affinities to painters in Volterra. The art is mostly anonymous. Although not as elegant or delicate as the...
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    – 6 October 1523), Lord of Imola and Forlì (1488–99), later Bishop of Volterra and Viterbo Cesare (24 August 1480 – 18 December 1540), Archbishop of Pisa...
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    Martino of Lucca, Santa Maria Assunta of Pisa, and Santa Maria Assunta of Volterra. Matilda supported the construction of Pisa Cathedral with several donations...
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    the works of Filippino Lippi and Piero di Cosimo. His masterpiece, the Volterra Deposition (1521) originally at the cathedral of that city, reveals his...
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    fountains in the Italian style for the marquis de Gondi and for the royal chateau of Henry IV at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The first difficulty of construction...
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  • completely intact walls part of the castle Vipiteno – a tower gate remains Volterra Vaste Riga – the best preserved part of the old town walls is the Powder...
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  • in the great hall and external loggia of his villa at Spedaletto, near Volterra Mantegna Baptism of Christ fresco 1488 1780 Redevelopment Belvedere Chapel...
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    shallow grotto niche, it served as the visual focus at one end; Danielle da Volterra provided the designs for the setting in what became known as the Stanza...
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    visible in File:Parc Saint-Cloud2.jpg. commons:Category:Medici lions at the Château de Saint-Cloud, larva-e.de Archived 5 September 2012 at archive.today...
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    Herbert Holt 4:36.05 1968 Pardallo 5 Bill Pyers Mick Bartholomew Suzy Volterra 4:35.84 1969 Levmoss 4 Bill Williamson Seamus McGrath Seamus McGrath 4:25...
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    Radgona, Slovenia Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France Sainte-Menehould, France Volterra, Italy Brühl Chalcis, Greece Kaş, Turkey Kunice, Poland Royal Leamington...
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  • W X Y Z Niccolò dell'Abbate (1509–1571), 1 sculpture : Chimney breast, Château, Écouen (url) Antonio Abondio (1538–1591), 1 sculpture : Medallion Portrait...
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  • exhibition, sculpture) Volterra, Italy, Volterra 73 - Interventi nella Cittá (sculptures in public space) 1975 Belgium, Parc du Château de Beloeil, Beloeil...
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    leaving Mani for European countries. In 1570, some Maniots immigrated to Volterra. Around 700 members of the Stephanopoulos clan migrated to Corsica, as...
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  • Musée Ingres Montpellier: Musée Fabre Montsoreau: Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art, Château de Montsoreau Nancy: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Musée...
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    equestrian statue; but Michelangelo passed the commission on to Daniele da Volterra, and only the horse was ever made. On commission from Catherine, Germain...
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